Malcolm Murray (Swedish Army officer)

Murray was born on 7 September 1904 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Ståthållare Adolf Murray and his wife Ebba (née de Champs). He passed studentexamen in 1923.{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0585.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1945 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=D. 1, Stockholmsdelen |trans-title=Who's Who? |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8198269}} |page=569}}

Murray was commissioned as an officer with the rank of second lieutenant in 1925 and assigned to Svea Life Guards (I 1). Murray became captain of the General Staff Corps in 1938 and served as aide-de-camp to the Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten from 1938 to 1947. Murray served as assistant teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1938 to 1939. Murray joined the Finnish Army during the Winter War where he served as captain from 1939 to 1940 and as major in 1941.{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0956.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53509}} |pages=932–933}} Murray served in Finland as commanding officer of the operation section in the staff of the Swedish Volunteer Corps and in the battlegroup staff{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/osterled/0093.html |editor-last=Tigerstedt |editor-first=Örnulf |title=I österled: en bokfilm om svenska frivilligkåren |year=1940 |publisher=Självständighetsförb. |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|1372129}} |page=91}} from 1939 to 1940 and as commander of the 2nd Ranger Company, Swedish Volunteer Battalion during the Continuation War in 1941.{{cite journal |url=https://militarhistoria.se/artiklar/moderna-konflikter/kustjagarna-forsvarets-spjutspets |journal=Militär Historia |title=Kustjägarna – försvarets spjutspets |first1=Lars |last1=Gyllenhaal |first2=Lennart |last2=Westberg |number=5 |date=2017 |access-date=15 August 2019 |language=sv}}

Back in Sweden, Murray was promoted to major in 1942 and served as first teacher at the Royal Military Academy from 1942 to 1944. He was then teacher at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College from 1942 to 1944, commanding officer of the Army Department of the Defence Staff from 1944 to 1948, before being promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1947. Murray served in the Swedish Armoured Troops in 1948 and was commanding officer of the Royal Military Academy from 1949 to 1953. Promoted to colonel in 1951, Murray served as executive officer of Svea Life Guards from 1953 to 1957 and Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops from 1957 to 1960. Murray was promoted to major general in 1960 and appointed military commander of the II Military District. He was then commanding officer of the Swedish National Defence College from 1966 to 1968, head of the Crown Prince's Royal Household from 1968 to 1973, Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff from 1973 to 1978, and First Aide-de-Camp to the King from 1973.{{cite book |editor1-last=Uddling |editor1-first=Hans |editor2-last=Paabo |editor2-first=Katrin |year=1994 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |isbn=91-1-943202-X |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8261514}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1995/0785.html |page=785}}

Murray, who in the 1930s belonged to the elite class in orienteering, was prominent in most military sports and won in the Stockholm Garrison's field competitions in 1934 and 1938.{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/sportlex/5/0314.html |editor-first=Åke |editor-last=Svahn |first=B. |last=Nordenfelt |title=Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Bd 5, Lahtis-Röse |year=1943 |volume=5 |publisher=Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|893567}} |page=527}} He was chairman of the Swedish Orienteering Federation from 1938 to 1961 and corps chief of Stockholm Scout Corps from 1935 to 1939 as well of Jämtland-Härjedalen Scout District in 1961. Furthermore, Murray was chairman of the Swedish Central Association for Sports Promotion (Sveriges centralförening för idrottens främjande) from 1962 to 1974 and the Sweden-Finland Society (Samfundet Sverige-Finland) from 1967 to 1975.

Murray died on 21 April 1995 in Stockholm and was buried on 22 September 1995 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.{{cite web |url=https://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/45625683 |website=www.svenskagravar.se |title=Murray, MALCOLM CHARLES GUSTAF UNO |access-date=15 August 2019 |language=sv}}

• 1925 – Second lieutenant
• 19?? – Lieutenant
• 1938 – Captain
• 1942 – Major
• 1948 – Lieutenant colonel
• 1951 – Colonel
• 1960 – Major general
• 1968 – Lieutenant general

• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn around the neck on the Royal Order of the Seraphim ribbon (1978){{cite web |url=https://www.kungahuset.se/monarkin/medaljer/medaljer/sokmedalj.4.30963a1811be3fda3ab800012080.html?medaljar=0&medaljtyp=12%3Ae+storleken+i+serafimerordens+band&medaljnamn=malcolm+murray |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |title=Sök ordens- och medaljförläningar |access-date=15 August 2019 |language=sv}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (21 May 1948)
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (25 May 1928)
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1967){{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65665/1/gupea_2077_65665_1.pdf |title=Sveriges statskalender. 1969 |editor-first=Bengt |editor-last=Sköldenberg |year=1969 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3682754}} |page=94}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (11 November 1957){{cite book |title=Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1958. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1958 |year=1958 |location=Uppsala |page=10}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of the Sword (1943){{cite book |title=Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1954. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1954 |year=1954 |location=Uppsala |page=35}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of the Polar Star (1948){{cite book |title=Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1968. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1968 |year=1968 |location=Uppsala |page=247}}
• 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa (1941){{cite book |title=Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1968. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1968 |year=1968 |location=Uppsala |page=383}}
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} St. Erik's Medal (S:t Eriksmedaljen) (18 May 1973){{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1973-05-13/18/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Småstänk |editor-first=Margareta |editor-last=Sandström |page=18 |date=1973-05-13 |access-date=6 March 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

• 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (May 1972){{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1972-06-01/10/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Finlands lejon |page=10 |date=1972-06-01 |access-date=11 March 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}
• 50px {{flagicon|Norway}} Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1964){{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Murray&type=&aarstall= |publisher=Royal Court of Norway |website=www.kongehuset.no |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer |trans-title=Awards of medals and medals |access-date=2022-02-17 |language=no}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Order of the Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class with swords
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Order of the Cross of Liberty, 4th Class with swords and oak leaf
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Belgium}} Knight of the Order of the Crown
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} Knight of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Norway}} King Haakon VII Freedom Cross
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Denmark}} King Christian X's Liberty Medal
• {{flagicon|Finland}} Finnish War Memorial Medal

• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1949)

• {{cite book |last=Murray |first=Malcolm |title=Atlantpakten under uppbyggnad |year=1950 |publisher=Utrikespolitiska institutet |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8213568}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Murray |first=Malcolm |last2=Löfgren |first2=Stig |author-link2=Stig Löfgren |title=För Nordens frihet: synpunkter på ett tidsenligt försvar |year=1949 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|247129}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Murray |first=Malcolm |last2=Löfgren |first2=Stig |author-link2=Stig Löfgren |title=För Nordens frihet: Synpunkter på ett tidsenligt försvar |series=Skrifter / Militärlitteraturföreningens förlag, 99-0578882-4 ; 197 |year=1949 |publisher=Fören. [Norstedt] |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|1419927}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Hardfors |first=Börje |last2=Thörn |first2=Folke |last3=Nordenfelt |first3=Bertil |last4=Murray |first4=Malcolm |title=ABC i orientering |edition=11.-14. tus. |year=1940 |publisher=Bonnier |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|1371224}}}}

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| title = Defence Staff's Army Department

| years = 1944–1948

| before = Nils Swedlund

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| title = Royal Military Academy

| years = 1949–1953

| before = Carl Fredrik Reinhold Lemmel

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| title = Svea Life Guards

| years = 1953–1957

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| title = Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops

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| before = Gustav Åkerman

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| title = II Military District

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| before = Harald Hægermark

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| title = Swedish National Defence College

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